News update: My new SL6S2 is a lame OC'er :(... In other news THUGSROOK reveals his plans to switch to AMD :Q

[SinfulWeeper]

n/m... I need a newer editor

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Well, except for CPU extensive programs. I seen most of my programs like memory bandwidth more than raw CPU speed. I dropped the FSB down to 172 again and am running at 430DDR.

The video card is now successfully flashed. Thanks Thugs

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Well, except for CPU extensive programs. I seen most of my programs like memory bandwidth more than raw CPU speed. I dropped the FSB down to 172 again and am running at 430DDR.

boooooo, hisssssss, rable, rable!
dual channel time buddy

<EDIT> oooops, forgot to add the " :evil: "

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Alright alright... I am gunna raise the vcore on it and see if I can find the max on this CPU. But it will still get lowered back down until I get some better memory since it is a big time bottle neck. You think HX PC3500 will be a good choice?

And yes, a Canterwood board is in May's forcast.

 

[john433i]

The nVidia BIOS tools can be found here along with the latest nV drivers and BIOS's.

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Alright alright... I am gunna raise the vcore on it and see if I can find the max on this CPU. But it will still get lowered back down until I get some better memory since it is a big time bottle neck. You think HX PC3500 will be a good choice?

And yes, a Canterwood board is in May's forcast.

I'm seriously considering some of that HX PC3500 for my next board which so happens to be a Canterwood as well.

techfuzz

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Cool, but my chip is only stable upto 176fsb anyway .
Still not a bad OC though

 

[SinfulWeeper]

I am thinking there is a problem with Albatron's over 170FSB... give me time to buy another copy of WinXP and a decent HD and I am going to throw this CPU in a IT7 Max2 (first version w/latest BIOS) and see if it clocks higher.

While it has a good OC going on. I am not entire certain of the mobo. P95 is stable, Memtest is stable, my video card is stable.
But the damned computer is not stable as a whole above 170fsb so matter how I time it .
Or maybe perhaps the CPU and or memory is flakey above those speeds... or perhaps I did not put the ASIII on correctly (pretty sure I put it on right though).

I'd try it in a more readily available BE7-R, but I am going to send that back for an RMA as the floppy controller :disgust: went into Limbo.

 

[LastRide]

oldfart and Duvie have the Albatron and they love it.I think your chip is at the end of the line.

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Perhaps.
Perhaps not.

Why is it that it P95, SoB, memtest is stable @ 176fsb... but the system as a whole is not?
Also seems to me that one of the two you mention is trapped @ 170fsb also...

I just want a comparison of this chip in a board that has more proven track record.
But you maybe right. The chip might be at the end of the line. I just want to test it a different mobo to be certain.

If all else fails, the IHS will be on display right next to my 1.6GHz P4's . That simple modification added more FSB with
much cooler temps. I think it will be the same with this one. Unless the Abit shows it can bring it further.
The only problem with that modification is it binds the CPU to me... It'll be a little harder to sell it.

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Perhaps.
Perhaps not.

Why is it that it P95, SoB, memtest is stable @ 176fsb... but the system as a whole is not?
Also seems to me that one of the two you mention is trapped @ 170fsb also...

I just want a comparison of this chip in a board that has more proven track record.
But you maybe right. The chip might be at the end of the line. I just want to test it a different mobo to be certain.

If all else fails, the IHS will be on display right next to my 1.6GHz P4's . That simple modification added more FSB with
much cooler temps. I think it will be the same with this one. Unless the Abit shows it can bring it further.
The only problem with that modification is it binds the CPU to me... It'll be a little harder to sell it.

I do 175fsb at default vcore!!! I run at 180fsb w/ 450mhz ddr w/ 1.61v actual and have ran at 183fsb but needs 1.7v...too high for me....


As for the prime95 thing...old news buddy!!! We ran through this and the possible link to c1 chips weeks back...prime95 will run stable for 12 hours but crash in Autocadd 20o2 rendering, crash in a divx encoding of at least 1+ hours, crash in besweet ac3 to mp3 encoder.....It just deosn't cut it anymore.....

A true test of c1 p4's and there advanced hardware prefecth which was known to be disabled on the b0 stepping chips due to some issue Intel was having, is to run multimedia apps and then multitask with some internet a word program or 2 and maybe some sound.....This is where it trips up not just crunching prime numbers...

 

[Technonut]

I just want a comparison of this chip in a board that has more proven track record.

Look no further....

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
If all else fails, the IHS will be on display right next to my 1.6GHz P4's . That simple modification added more FSB with much cooler temps. I think it will be the same with this one. Unless the Abit shows it can bring it further. The only problem with that modification is it binds the CPU to me... It'll be a little harder to sell it.

if you get better results from removing your IHS from your Mvid c1 ~ half this forum is gonna follow you, me 1st!
if its that great, well make it a selling point

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Thugs, if the IHS comes off. I do not how the swifty will mount. I'll have to get my hands on another 8942 first... more stuff to buy :|

But the Abit board comes first.

 

[THUGSROOK]

why? the swiftech works fine on naked p4s.

Mikki used one on his p4m

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Perhaps.
Perhaps not.

Why is it that it P95, SoB, memtest is stable @ 176fsb... but the system as a whole is not?
Also seems to me that one of the two you mention is trapped @ 170fsb also...

I just want a comparison of this chip in a board that has more proven track record.
But you maybe right. The chip might be at the end of the line. I just want to test it a different mobo to be certain.

If all else fails, the IHS will be on display right next to my 1.6GHz P4's . That simple modification added more FSB with
much cooler temps. I think it will be the same with this one. Unless the Abit shows it can bring it further.
The only problem with that modification is it binds the CPU to me... It'll be a little harder to sell it.

I assume you mean me. I'm running a 2.4 SL6EF. 170 FSB is not bad for one of them. I can go higher than 170, but it gets into that lots of extra Vcore for small FSB increase curve and I dont bother. I'll have an Abit IC7 next week and will report how it does with the 2.4.

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
why? the swiftech works fine on naked p4s.

Mikki used one on his p4m

Perhaps I better consult with him.
When I installed mine, it seemed as if it would not fit w/o shorter standoff's. After a little consulting, the IHS will be gone if everything else is the same.

oldfart, perhaps it was not you then... I seem to recall a signature with system specs. There was another with a 2.53 @ 170. But still... I find it a little ironic that yours is @ 170 also... I thought the 2.4's went higher than that.

Thugs, get crackin on WinXP with 2GB of ram :Q . I am very curious as to how the HyperX performs as I need more ram with this instalation of XP. 256MB just is not cuttin it as good as it did with 98 and ME.

Technonut, I have every confidence in the BH7 and it's abilities. But for my next upgrade I am going to be going to a DC board. I just so happen to have a IT7-Max2 in hand and a BE7-R that needs an RMA (floppy controller is out of order, otherwise it's fine).

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Thugs, get crackin on WinXP with 2GB of ram :Q . I am very curious as to how the HyperX performs as I need more ram with this instalation of XP. 256MB just is not cuttin it as good as it did with 98 and ME.

Thugs, send me a PM when you post your results from the HyperX stuff. I wanna make sure I get involved in that discussion as I'm looking to get myself a GB or 2 of that stuff for the upcoming Epox 4PCA3+ board. Are you going to be looking at PC3200 or PC3500?

techfuzz

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Possibly. But just a minute or two after I editted my above post. My 1.6 computer let out one hell of flash with a little pow and a computers life blood, the smoke came out of it.
May the PSU I got in there R.I.P. . It was a freebie given to me to crunch away for the SoB team.

If it took anything else with it, I'll be on the upset side...

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
Possibly. But just a minute or two after I editted my above post. My 1.6 computer let out one hell of flash with a little pow and a computers life blood, the smoke came out of it.
May the PSU I got in there R.I.P. . It was a freebie given to me to crunch away for the SoB team.

If it took anything else with it, I'll be on the upset side...

R.I.P.

I've never lost anything other than the power supply itself when they go an commit suicide like that. Do you plan on taking it apart and looking for the cause of death?

techfuzz

 

[SinfulWeeper]

I am debating that at the moment. It obituary is in the DC forums.

 

[techfuzz]

Originally posted by: SinfulWeeper
I am debating that at the moment. It obituary is in the DC forums.

Post pics if you do!

techfuzz

 

[THUGSROOK]

the 2gb of ram testing isnt gonna have much of a thread. (if at all)
im gonna use M86 to test the ram before bothering to upgrade my OS the Win2kPro.
if it passes 179fsb cas2226 1T 2.5v then ill load w2k and get some comparison benchmarks.

i wouldve liked to debug all the ram using the mem ratios available on the IC7 ~ but the cas settings dont work.
(and it might blow up!)

 

[oldfart]

I thought he was using a Albatron 845PE?

Which one blew up? You dont have an MSI board do you?

 

[THUGSROOK]

oops my bad ~ just woke up

(hes using a i845pe)